{"title":"UH zone in Cranbrook: Urban Holding Zone","code":"UH","slug":"uh","name":"Urban Holding Zone","group":"Rural","section":"7.29","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Urban Holding Zone: protects land needed for future urban development from premature subdivision and development until it can be serviced.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Urban Holding Zone: protects land needed for future urban development from premature subdivision and development until it can be serviced.","quotes":["The purpose of this zone is to protect lands required for future urban development","from premature subdivision and development."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Agricultural use, excluding feed lots and the keeping for sale of pigs, sheep, poultry, fur-bearing animals and the raising of mushrooms for sale","Harvesting, transport, and storage of forest resources and silviculture practices","Open space and non-motorized outdoor recreation uses","Kennel","Riding stable"],"quotes":["Agricultural use, excluding feed lots and the keeping for sale of pigs,","Harvesting, transport, and storage of forest resources and silvaculture","Open space and non-motorized outdoor recreation uses","Kennel","Riding stable"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Other uses, buildings and structures accessory to a permitted use (only one dwelling as an accessory building on a parcel)"],"quotes":["Other uses, building and structures accessory to a permitted use. Only","one (1) dwelling shall be permitted as an accessory building on a parcel"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"8.0 ha","quotes":["The minimum parcel size in the UH Zone-shall be 8.0 ha in area."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"Front parcel line at least 100.0 m","quotes":["less than 100.0 m in length ."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"10% of the parcel (accessory buildings and structures together no more than 185.0 m2)","quotes":["No person shall cover more than 10% of the area of a parcel in the UH","exceed 185.0 m2"]},"max_density":{"value":"One permitted use per parcel","quotes":["No person shall locate more than one (1) permitted use on a parcel in"]},"max_height":{"value":"7.6 m (principal and accessory buildings)","quotes":["exceeds a height of 7 .6 m."]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"7.6 m (same limit as principal buildings)","quotes":["exceeds a height of 7 .6 m."]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["A front yard less than 7.5 m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"9.0 m","quotes":["A rear yard less than 9.0 m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"7.5 m (side yard)","quotes":["A side yard less than 7.5 m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"7.5 m (side yard)","quotes":["A side yard less than 7.5 m"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"front 7.5 m, rear 9.0 m, side 7.5 m; at least 1.0 m from a principal building","quotes":["A front yard less than 7.5 m","A rear yard less than 9.0 m","A side yard less than 7.5 m","Zone within 1.0 m distance from a principal building."]},"other":{"value":["A mobile home is a prohibited use","Animal buildings, pens, runs, kennels, troughs and manure piles must be at least 30.0 m from all lot lines","Parcels under 8.0 ha existing when the land comes under the bylaw are deemed conforming"],"quotes":["A mobile home is a prohibited use in the UH Zone.","shall not be located less than 30.0 m (98 ft)","Parcels of less than 8.0 ha in area existing at the time that such land is"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 3977, 2019 (consolidated to Bylaw 4258, adopted September 8, 2026)","url":"https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/filepro/documents/573/","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The City publishes the bylaw as one PDF per Part (zone text is in Parts 7.03 to 7.32; each zone's source_url is its Part). The consolidation is for convenience purposes only and is not a legal document; the original bylaws prevail. Bylaw 4161, 2024 (June 10, 2024) replaced RS with R-1 and deleted the old R-1, RD, R-2, R-3A and CD-8 sections. The Part 7.01 file on the City's site still lists the old zone names, and the deleted Parts are not posted, so those zones are not listed here."},"source_url":"https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/document/2037/#page=1","place":{"path":"ca/bc/cranbrook","name":"Cranbrook","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/uh/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/uh.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/uh.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/index.json"}}